Another great weekend for the Flin Flon Bombers who swept the Laronge Ice Wolves and have collected points in 14 straight games.
On Friday Flin Flon went into Laronge and beat the Wolves 3 to 1 on a fine goaltending display from Matthew Kieper who stopped 27 out of 28 shots for his 9th straight win.
Kieper is locked in and heads into the Christmas break with a .943 save %, which is the best in the league. The Bomber goals came from Wyatt Stinton (4), Carter Cormier (11) and Pierce Yakimchuk (2).
The former Battleford Star, Brett Boucher scored the lone goal for the Wolves who got a great goaltending performance from Graham Brown who was very busy stopping 43 out of 46 including 4 clear cut break aways.
It was a wild game in the rematch on Saturday which saw the Bombers nearly blow a 3 goal lead. Flin Flon jumped out to a 3-0 lead after one courtesy of two goals from Leighton Carruthers his 5th and 6th of the year and Koen Senft's 8th.
It looked like the Bombers might blow this one wide open but give the Wolves credit they came out to play. Laronge scored a couple of quick powerplay goals courtesy of Zane Normand and Dylan Nazareth less than 4 minutes into the second period.
Then with the Bombers back on their heels, Ryder Dembo would tie it on a mad scramble in front of the Flin Flon net that quckly quieted the large Flin Flon crowd.
The Bombers were able to shake that off and regained the lead with a couple of late second period goals from Keefe Gruener ( 13) and Anthony Piccininno (6) to make it 5 to 3.
Flin Flon would take the lead by 3 for the second time in the game when Evan Bossell was able to score his fourth of the year on a partial break away early in the third.
Laronge came to play and were able to claw their way back at 6 to 5 when Cole Thomas was able to bang home a couple of goals.
Koen Senft answered with his second of the game on the powerplay and Flin Flon hung on for a wild 7 to 5 finish.
Kenny Marquart was back between the pipes and he picked up his 6th win of the season after making 33 saves. Graham Brown started once again for Laronge and ended up with 32 saves on 39 shots.
Both teams were good on the powerplay with the Bombers going 2 for 4 and the Wolves were 2 for 5.
After the weekend sweep, Flin Flon improves to 19-9-2 and are alone in second place in the league with 40 points. The Bombers also have points in 14 straight and close out 2024 with 27 out of 28 points in November and December.
Laronge will fall to 14-17-1 and are 9th overall and have fallen out of a playoff spot.
Both teams are done for the year and won't be back in action til Saturday January the 4th when Flin Flon will travel back to Laronge.
On behalf of the Flin Flon Bomber organization I would like to wish all the fans,sponsors,volunteers and families a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
